Archive for December, 2015

July 15-October 11, 2016, Art Quilts of the Midwest; National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky

Posted by ewquilts on December 4, 2015 in Exhibits |

 As part of it’s year-long focus on the role of place in quilt making, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky will host a collection of quilts from Linzee Kull McCray’s book Art Quilts of the Midwest.  I plan to exhibit One Life, as neither of my quilts featured in the book (Venus Transit, […]

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Poppy Field (aka Cross-Quarter Embrace)

Posted by ewquilts on December 3, 2015 in Inspiration, WIP (Work-In-Progress) |

March 2014 I was recently thumbing through a book about weaving when I came across a design that really excited me as a potential quilt idea.  I wouldn’t make the quilt in black and red, but this is just a simple way of remembering that basic concept so that I can later have the fun […]

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January 5-March 5, 2016, Art Quilts of the Midwest; International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

Posted by ewquilts on December 3, 2015 in Exhibits |

Drawn from the recent book, Art Quilts of the Midwest, by Linzee Kull McCray, the quilts selected for this exhibition hint at the ways in which the Midwest’s geography, weather, people, and culture influence the work of quilt artists from the region.  The exhibition will be presented in two rotations between January 5 and May […]

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